A Short Introduction to Promoting Resilience in Children is a clear, compassionate, and evidence-based guide to understanding how children develop resilience—and how parents, carers, and professionals can actively support this process.
Drawing on developmental psychology, attachment theory, and clinical experience, this book explores the human capacity to adapt, recover, and grow in the face of adversity. While resilience is often spoken about as an innate trait, this book explains how resilience is nurtured through relationships, environments, and everyday caregiving experiences, rather than through exposure to unnecessary hardship or emotional distress.
Written by Secure Start Principal Clinical Psychologist, Colby Pearce, the book addresses a common dilemma faced by adults who care for children: how to support children to become capable, independent, and emotionally strong, while also protecting them from harm. It offers a clear framework for promoting resilience without confusion, conflict, or misinterpretation of a child’s best interests.
Readers will gain:
- A practical understanding of what resilience is and how it develops across childhood
- Guidance on balancing emotional protection and healthy challenge in caregiving and educational settings
- An evidence-informed model for promoting wellbeing, confidence, and coping skills in children
- Clear, accessible strategies that can be applied in home, school, and professional care environments
Written with a general parenting audience in mind, this book is suitable for parents, foster carers, kinship carers, educators, and professionals working with children. Its accessible style makes it easy to read, while its strong theoretical foundations ensure it is also valued by psychologists, social workers, and other child-focused professionals.
A Short Introduction to Promoting Resilience in Children is an ideal companion to A Short Introduction to Attachment and Attachment Disorder, offering readers a coherent, relationship-based approach to raising and supporting children who feel safe, supported, and capable of navigating life’s challenges.
A Short Introduction to Promoting Resilience in Children can be purchased direct from Secure Start. Simply contact us to arrange payment and delivery of your copy.
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